Operations News – Page 15
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NewsLeveraging AI to boost operations
Innovez One is digitalising Johor Port with an AI-powered system
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NewsEU gives Gothenburg works the go-ahead
The European Commission has approved works to deepen the fairway at the Port of Gothenburg in Sweden
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NewsMOL and DP World to explore automated logistics
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and DP World are joining forces to explore automated logistics capabilities at Jebel Ali Port, helping reduce carbon emissions
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NewsOakland names new environmental director
New environmental director at the Port of Oakland will build on the port’s ‘momentum of innovation and sustainability’
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NewsNew Konecranes equipment for Brazilian port
A new terminal in the Port of Santos has taken delivery of seven forklifts and two gantry cranes from Konecranes
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NewsNew electric yard tractors for Long Beach
A container terminal at the Port of Long Beach, California, has taken receipt of 33 new zero-emissions electric yard tractors
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NewsRotterdam - a model for joined-up container efficiency
The Port of Rotterdam Authority commissions its Container Exchange Route
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NewsScottish Freeport submits initial business case
The Forth Green Freeport consortium has outlined its vision to regenerate Scotland’s economy
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NewsPuerto Bolívar on track to be Ecuador’s main port
Yilport is on track to delivering its vision to operate the main port in Ecuador with the arrival of five new cranes
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NewsGulftainer extends UAE terminal concessions
Port operator Gulftainer has extended its concession with the Sharjah Ports, Customs and Free Zones Authority for a further 35 years
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NewsIAPH World Ports Conference 2024
At the conclusion of the 2023 World Ports Conference in Abu Dhabi, incoming IAPH president Jens Meier announced that Hamburg Port Authority will be the host sponsor of next year’s IAPH conference.
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NewsRPs for AI
DNV has published a series of recommended practices (RPs) for the application of artificial intelligence (AI) across infrastructure…
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NewsQuality not quantity
Data can be the magic ingredient for port and terminal optimisation – but not just any old data. Get it wrong and the impact can be devastating. As Chad Van Derrick of Tideworks Technology tells Felicity Landon, data quality is paramount
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NewsBrazilian blight
Brazilian ports have been hit by a double weather whammy of both drought and flood, almost of Biblical proportions. Rob Ward charts events
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NewsAll change at Brazil’s port ministry and tactics as well?
It’s all change again at the Brazilian port ministry where key officials have been replaced for political reasons and where the STS 10 tender in Santos (to build a new container terminal in South America’s largest port with 4.98 million TEU handled last year, up 3.2% on 2021) has been delayed for “further discussions”.
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NewsSantos also impacted by extreme weather events
The extreme weather phenomena in northern and southern Brazil (see feature article) and its effects on ports in those regions has led to “extreme congestion” at the port of Santos, the biggest port in South America.
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NewsItajai: The Wait Goes On
Teconnave, a new company set up by MSC subsidiary Portonave, is all set to take over the former APM Terminal Itajai, from early next year with a contract that will last at least two years.
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NewsJacksonville continues to look south.
The Port of Jacksonville is the most northerly port in Florida, and it has a very clear focus, as the “global gateway to Florida, the nation’s third largest state,” and, as a result, access to 28 million inhabitants.
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News1H 2023 China box volumes
China’s half year container throughput figures show an overall rise in containers of five per cent, but it’s a mixed bag of results for individual port performances. A J Keyes presents the highlights
